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The complete orchestral song-cycles
- Title
- The complete orchestral song-cycles / Benjamin Britten.
- Author
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Publication
- [England] : Collins Classics, ℗1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio | Use in library | M1613.3.B6 V6 1994g | Off-site |
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- Description
- 2 audio discs (128 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
- Series Statement
- The Britten edition
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Works. Selections (Collins Classics)
- Uniform Title
- Vocal music. Selections
- Alternative Title
- Vocal music.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Songs.
- Song cycles.
- Cantatas.
- Note
- For solo voices (S, Mz, or T) and orchestra, the 4th work also with solo horn. The final work is a cantata.
- Compact discs.
- Editions recorded: Faber Music (1st, 6th works); Boosey & Hawkes (remainder).
- Notes by Donald Mitchell and Philip Reed, with French and German translations, and vocal texts with English translations of the French works (35 p.) inserted in container.
- Event (note)
- The 2nd work recorded at Abbey Road Studios, June-July, 1990; the 5th work recorded at St. Nicholas, Newcastle, July 1994; the remainder recorded at Henry Wood Hall, London, July 1994.
- Language (note)
- Sung in French or English; words from various sources.
- Contents
- Quatre chansons françaises, op. posth. (11:59) -- Our hunting fathers, op. 8 (27:54) -- Les illuminations, op. 18 (22:04) -- Serenade, op. 31 (22:47) -- Nocturne, op. 60 (26:21) -- Phaedra, op. 93 (14:46).
- LCCN
- 99590120
- OCLC
- ocm32005715
- 32005715
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries